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Animal Control Officer 1
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- Duties and responsibilities include enforcing animal control ordinances and regulations, responding to complaints involving animals, trapping/capturing animals, picking up injured or stray animals, investigating cases of animal bites or animal abuse, performing euthanasia of animals, answering telephone calls and dispatching staff, completing forms and maintaining records, and providing information and assistance.
- Patrols county roads to locate and pick up stray animals; assists animals in problem situations; traps/captures domestic, wild, dangerous, aggressive, or injured animals; sets and monitors animal traps; loads/unloads animals into/out of cages; transports animals to animal shelter, veterinarians, or other locations.
- Handles, lifts, and carries animals, restraining as appropriate; handles frightened, fractious, and injured animals; checks animals for current license tags and for signs of rabies, disease, or other illnesses; checks animals into animal shelter.
- Operates various machinery, equipment, and tools associated with animal control activities, which may include an animal control truck, animal restraint equipment, animal traps, catch poles, nets, tranquilizing equipment, mechanical tools, or radio communications equipment.
- Performs general/preventive maintenance tasks necessary to keep animal control vehicles, equipment and tools in clean and operable condition, which may include inspecting equipment, refueling vehicles, checking/replacing fluids, greasing equipment, washing/cleaning truck/equipment, or cleaning work areas; monitors equipment operations to maintain efficiency and safety; reports faulty equipment.
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